A Turkish tanker was damaged when approaching a Ukrainian port at the mouth of the Danube when it collided with a sea mine

After Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal, Kyiv is making attempts to restore the shipping corridor, ostensibly for the export of Ukrainian grain from its Black Sea and Danube ports. A small number of bulk carriers periodically literally make their way through the coastal waters of the Black Sea states that are members of NATO. In this way they avoid possible obstruction of movement by the Russian Armed Forces. But, as it turns out, this route cannot be called completely safe either.

One of the serious problems was sea mines, which the Ukrainian military chaotically scattered in its coastal waters last spring, fearing a Russian landing. As a result of storms, many old Soviet anchor-type ammunition went, as they say, into free floating. Mines are periodically discovered in different parts of the Black Sea, right up to the Bosphorus. Moreover, taking into account the direction of the current, explosive objects do not drift towards the coastal zone of Russian territory.

Last Sunday, another such “gift” from the Ukrainian Armed Forces was met by the tanker ALI NADJAFOV with a deadweight (payload volume) of 6600 tons, built in 2001 and owned by Mubariz Mansimov, a businessman of Azerbaijani origin living in Turkey. The ship, intended to transport fuel and lubricants, was traveling from Turkey (possibly from the port of another Black Sea country - media) to one of the Ukrainian ports at the mouth of the Danube, on the way to which it encountered a sea mine. The incident occurred before the tanker entered the Bystroe Canal in the Black Sea. The incident was reported by Ukrainian media; the fact of the explosion was confirmed by Ambrey, a company specializing in providing services in the field of maritime safety and ship insurance.

According to preliminary data, as a result of the explosion the tanker suffered damage to the starboard side and ballast tanks. The crew on board the vessel was not injured. An investigation into the circumstances of the incident and an assessment of the extent of damage to the vessel are currently underway. Nothing has been reported about a possible fuel spill; such incidents are usually kept secret by all interested parties.

It is noteworthy that, according to press reports, the ship’s crew spent XNUMX hours independently fighting for survivability in the event of a complete loss of power. Only after some of the crew members, consisting of Georgian citizens, contacted their relatives and acquaintances, who began an information frenzy about this, tugboats were sent to the ship.

Comments

[Umpteenth]

And yet they continue to walk on the sea

[Donna_Rosa_dAlvadores]

It's a pity that there was only one mine.

[maxim1987]

Hmmm! mines on the wrong system! It is necessary for a tanker with such deadweight to be broken in half

[Escariot]

Quote: maximNNX

Hmmm! mines on the wrong system! It is necessary for a tanker with such deadweight to be broken in half

6000 tons is not a boat for you. You can't stop such a fool with one mine. An example is the Sig tanker with a displacement of 9000 tons. A kamikaze boat with a couple of hundred kilos of explosives exploded near it, leaving a 5x8 meter hole, but it didn’t even break in half.

[carpenter]

Quote: maximNNX

Hmmm! mines on the wrong system! It is necessary for a tanker with such deadweight to be broken in half

If there was a DM-500, such a tanker would be “sigh, scream, death.”

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

One of the serious problems was sea mines, which the Ukrainian military chaotically scattered in its coastal waters last spring -

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"There on the left side,
There on the right side,
There right along the way
Interferes with the passage
Horned Death!"...
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[nobody75]

And there are more and more such mines. The main thing is not to sink. The main thing is to inflate your insurance!
Sincerely

[tralflot1832]

Quite an interesting history of this vessel. The tanker was built in Volgograd in 2000. Mubaraz Mansimov gives all his ships dead Azerbaijani military personnel. The tanker roams along the route Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and the Danube ports of Ukraine. Our authorities need to pay attention to this. Obviously the fuel supplier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

[culinary]

Quote: tralflot1832

Quite an interesting history of this vessel. The tanker was built in Volgograd in 2000. Mubaraz Mansimov gives all his ships dead Azerbaijani military personnel. The tanker roams along the route Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and the Danube ports of Ukraine. Our authorities need to pay attention to this. Obviously the fuel supplier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The main supplier of fuel for the APU is Lukoil. From our factories in Eastern Europe. In particular from Bulgaria.

[NOT malicious]

The phrase "encountered" may not be literal. That is, she was going about her business, he was going in his own direction. And at some indecent distance she made a fugue and sent out a whisperer. The vessel was “covered” by the blast wave.

[APASUS]

Quote: NOT malicious

. And at some indecent distance she made a fugue and sent out a whisperer. The vessel was “covered” by the blast wave.

I was lying there, lying at the bottom, and I thought, shouldn’t I explode...................

[abrakadabre]

It is noteworthy that, according to press reports, the ship’s crew spent XNUMX hours independently fighting for survivability in the event of a complete loss of power.

Explicit non-disclosure order. That's why they didn't send an SOS signal. Which is good for us. We need to add mines to write them off on the Ukrainian side.

[rotmistr60]

owned by Mubariz Mansimov, a businessman of Azerbaijani origin living in Turkey

The APU fuels and lubricants help, then it’s a pity that it didn’t lie on the bottom blocking the fairway.

[Elephant]

More similar mines should be placed there along the route of hostile ships...

[Escariot]

Quote: Elephant

More similar mines should be placed there along the route of hostile ships...

How do you suggest pouring it? Our planes have not flown there for a long time, surface ships approaching the mouth of the Danube will immediately retrain as submarines, and submarines will immediately be found circling Poseidons over Romania with appropriate counteraction from anti-submarine helicopters carefully supplied by Great Britain.

[nobody75]

How do you suggest pouring

22160 normally carries an assault boat, which can easily be replaced with an unmanned boat. This boat will lay the mine.
Sincerely

[Escariot]

Quote: nobody75

How do you suggest pouring

22160 normally carries an assault boat, which can easily be replaced with an unmanned boat. This boat will lay the mine.
Sincerely

What do you think this should look like? A type of corvette approaches the Ukrainian coast at a distance of 130 km (so as not to come under fire from at least coastal batteries) and releases a boat with a couple of mines for their subsequent installation. At the same time, NATO intelligence officers and the Ukrainian coastal defense itself do not notice these boats at all. So you will have to mine for a very long time.

[nobody75]

At the same time, NATO intelligence officers and the Ukrainian coastal defense itself do not notice these boats at all

The boat can be made semi-submersible. Then they really won't notice. He will lay 2 mines in one trip. How many of these walkers can he make? What about 3 corvettes?
Sincerely

[TermNachTer]

The detonation is kind of weak. You need to understand the mine protector.

[carpenter]

Quote: TermNachTER

You need to understand the mine protector.

Yes, more likely.

[opposite28]

The ship, intended to transport fuel and lubricants, was traveling from Turkey (possibly from the port of another Black Sea country - media) to one of the Ukrainian ports at the mouth of the Danube, on the way to which it encountered a sea mine. The incident occurred before the tanker entered the Bystroe Canal in the Black Sea.

And what prevents us from moving in this way, in addition to fuel and lubricants, weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine or weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for other countries in the Middle East. I hope the mine that exploded at the mouth of the Danube was not the last. To know, the ship’s karma was not very clean and the deck was not washed by the crew in a timely manner

[evgen1221]

I wish all the ships going in were given the command so that when mines explode, they do not buzz, because this is extremely bad for business, politics and the guidelines of the regional committee about the virgin victims of abortion living in Russia and fighting for the freedom of the EU. So they don’t advertise it, but given the stated density and randomness of mining by the Sumerians, it’s possible that more than one tanker has already been blown up, and not only externally.